Kickoff time, TV information announced for No. 15 Tennessee vs. Arkansas

Tennessee Football’s game against Arkansas on October 11 at Neyland Stadium will kick off at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time and will be televised by SEC Network. The SEC announced the full Week 7 schedule on Monday. 

Both No. 15 Tennessee (4-1, 1-1 SEC) and Arkansas (2-3, 0-1) are off on Saturday. 

The Razorbacks on Sunday fired head coach Sam Pittman on the heels of three straight losses. Former Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino is the interim head coach, replacing Pittman after joining his staff last season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 

Notre Dame led 42-10 in first half at Arkansas on Saturday

Petrino was the Arkansas head coach from 2008-11 and went 34-17 before being fired amid an off-field scandal in 2012.  

Pittman’s final game on Saturday was a 56-13 loss to Notre Dame. Arkansas trailed 42-10 in the first half against the Fighting Irish and were coming off a 32-31 loss at Memphis, a game in which the Razorbacks gave up an 18-point lead. Ole Miss beat Arkansas 41-35 in Oxford three weeks ago. 

Through five games, Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green has passed for 1,398 yards while completing 62.0% of his passes, with 12 touchdowns and five interceptions. Green also leads the Razorbacks in rushing yards with 441 on 54 carries, with two rushing touchdowns. 

Running back Mike Washington Jr. has carried 61 times for 393 yards and four touchdowns and Braylen Russell has 165 yards and three touchdowns on 32 rushes. Wide receiver O’Mega Blake has 30 catches for 399 yards and three touchdowns. 

Tennessee is 13-7 all time against Arkansas, dating back to 1907, but the Vols have lost four straight and have not beaten the Razorbacks since 2007.

Arkansas upset Tennessee 19-14 in Fayetteville last season, won 24-13 at home in 2020 and 24-20 at Neyland Stadium in 2015. The run started with a 49-7 home win over the Vols in 2011. 

Tennessee won 34-13 in Knoxville in 2007 and won nine of the first 10 in the series. 

Tennessee Football’s remaining kickoff windows

Tennessee and Arkansas were previously listed as a flex kickoff time in the SEC’s kickoff windows, meaning the game would either start between 3:30-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time or 6-8 p.m. ET.

Other games with flex kickoff windows are at Alabama on October 18, at home against Oklahoma on November 1 and at Florida on November 22. 

The road game at Kentucky on October 25 is in the night window (6-8 p.m. ET) and the Vanderbilt home game in the regular-season finale on November 29 is in the afternoon window (3:30-4:30 p.m. ET). 

The Homecoming game against New Mexico State on November 15 will be a 4:15 p.m. ET start on SEC Network.